[APBeta] Moonrise Time and Daylight Savings
Bruce Pipes
bruce.pipes at fandm.edu
Fri Apr 30 21:30:07 PDT 2010
Nope, but I have observed the same thing.
Bruce Pipes
On May 1, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Sean McGivern wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a feature I don't understand, but the moonrise calculations shown on the normal view do not appear to honor daylight savings time. My GMT Offset shows DST, and the sunset/twilight panel does appear to honor it.
>
> For example, on 4/30/10, moonrise should be around 10:50 PM, but my screen shows 11:42 PM. The short-term visibility indicator shows moonrise before 11 PM, and the Darkness Calendar script shows Moon Rise at 10:48 PM.
>
> After a bit more reflection, it seems likely that I am misunderstanding which day it shows; Darkness Calendar shows 11:42 PM for May 1 (tomorrow night as I write this at 11:55 PM on 4/30). However, it was showing the same thing at around 8 PM on 4/30, well before the moon rose.
>
> Can anyone offer an explanation?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sean McGivern
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